Nog geen jaar na de eerste vrijwel compleet “mislukte” eerste lancering ging afgelopen week de derde lancering door van het Starship. Ja, er is nog veel werk op het vlak van de recovery van Booster, de reentry van het Ship. Maar de lancering verliep naar wens. En vooral, wat een beelden. Ongetwijfeld met dank aan Starlink. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Alle motoren van de Booster deden bij de lancering hun werk. Foto: SpaceX

14.03.2024 – Starship IFT-3 – Een groot succes.

Eerst de licentie / Voorbeschouwingen.
Universe Today: SpaceX is Gearing Up for the Starship’s Third Orbital Test Flight.
Teslarati: SpaceX continues progress towards Starship’s 3rd test flight.

Teslarati: SpaceX receives FAA launch license for 3rd Starship test flight.
SpaceCom: FAA grants license for SpaceX's March 14 Starship launch.
Space Policy Online: FAA approves third Starship test flight for Thursday.

SatTrackCam Leiden: Starship Flight Test 3 upcoming.

De aanloop naar de lancering – De filmpjes.
NSF: Final Preparations Before Launch | SpaceX Boca Chica.
LabPadre: Starship Is Launching This Week! - SpaceX Weekly #105.
Everyday Astronaut: What Did SpaceX Change & Upgrade For Starship's 3rd Flight Test?
NSF: Will Starship Launch This Week? | Starbase Update.
NSF: Starship is Ready for Launch | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: Under 48 Hours to Go | Countdown to Launch LIVE.
NSF: Significant Changes: Starship Flight 3 Will Not Be The Same.
NSF: The Final Day Before Launch? | Countdown to Launch LIVE.

De lancering.
SpaceX: Starship’s Third Flight Test.

NSF: Launch roundup – Starship launches third integrated test flight.
NSF: Starship Flight 3 Excels through most Major Milestones.

Space News: Starship lifts off on third test flight.
Space Policy Online: SpaceX scores many successes on third Starship test flight.
Teslarati: SpaceX successful in epic third Starship test launch.

Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches Starship on the third flight test of the program.
Collect Space:  SpaceX Starship coasts then crashes on mostly-successful third test.
Payload: Starship Achieves Major Milestones on its Third Test Flight.
SpaceCom: Relive SpaceX Starship's 3rd flight test in breathtaking photos.

BBC: Elon Musk's Starship goes 'farther than ever'.

Ars Technica: After Thursday’s flight, Starship is already the most revolutionary rocket ever built.
Inside Outer Space: SpaceX Starship Third Flight: Mishap Investigation by FAA.
SpaceCom: FAA to oversee investigation of SpaceX Starship's 3rd test flight.

SpaceCom: Get ready: SpaceX's Starships are coming.

De Tijd: SpaceX verliest opnieuw Starship-raket, maar bereikt nieuwe mijlpalen.
Spacepage: Starship wordt met succes in de ruimte gebracht!

De lancering – De filmpjes.
SpaceX: Starship | Preparing for Third Flight Test.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Het live verslag.

SpaceX (via Twitter): Liftoff.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Hot-staging separation.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Starship is coasting in space.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Pez door checkout complete, door closing, and HD views are over.
SpaceX (via Twitter):  Views through the plasma.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Animatie v/d reentry.

Volkssterrenwacht Urania: LIVESTREAM - Lancering Starship IFT 3.
NSF: Starship Launched Again! - NSF Live.
NSF: SpaceX Launches Third Starship Flight Test.
LabPadre: STARSHIP IFT-3 - LIVE Commentary With Spaceflight Now.

SciNews: Starship’s third launch.
SciNews: Starship’s failed re-entry.

NSF: SpaceX Releases 33 Raptors!
NSF: SpaceX Launches Starship Test Flight #3.

LabPadre: IFT3 Prop Load And Launch View Via GoPro Max.
Marcus House: SpaceX Starship Launch 3 (IFT3) Explained!
WAI: SpaceX Starship: BIGGEST Rocket Burns Up In Atmosphere! Was It a Success?
Scott Manley: SpaceX Orbit Largest Spacecraft In History also SpaceX Destroy Largest Spacecraft In History.
Lab Padre: IFT-1 vs IFT-2 vs IFT-3 - A Comparison.

En als voorbereiding op de volgende lancering.
NSF: SpaceX Tests Ship 29 Again in Preparation for the Fourth Starship Flight.

Starship en Artemis.
NASA: NASA Artemis Mission Progresses with SpaceX Starship Test Flight.
SpaceCom: NASA celebrates SpaceX Starship's 3rd test flight, but more work needed ahead of Artemis moon missions.

Een beetje Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

België en de Maan.
BIRA (filmpje): DUSTER : onderzoek naar maanstof ter voorbereiding op toekomstige verkenningsmissies.
Meer info over DUSTER vind je hier.

België en de PLATO-missie.
KU Leuven: Tenth camera of the future PLATO space telescope ready for integration on the spacecraft.

België en PROBA 3.
RedWire: Proba-3 Testing Milestones Completed at Redwire’s Facility Ahead of 2024 Launch.

De lanceringen van afgelopen week.  

09.03.2024 – Stratolaunch – Eerste vlucht voor het hypersonische Talon.
Space News: Stratolaunch performs first powered Talon flight.
Space News: Ursa Major’s Hadley rocket engine flies for the first time.
SpaceCom: Stratolaunch launches 1st rocket-powered flight of hypersonic prototype from world's largest airplane.
Aviation Week: Stratolaunch Talon Completes First Powered Flight.
Ars Technica: After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload.

11.03.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 6-43 (CCSFS).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from Florida (video).

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Live uitzending.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 144 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 10 March 2024.

11.03.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 7-17 (VSFB).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites from California in 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader (video).

Spaceflight Now: SpaceX completes double launch day with its second Starlink mission.
UPI: SpaceX sends 46 Starlink satellites to orbit in consecutive launches.
Teslarati: SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Live uitzending.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 145 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 11 March 2024.

12.03.2024 – Electron lanceert “Owl Night Long”.
RocketLab: Rocket Lab Successfully Launches 45th Electron Mission, 4th for Longtime Partner Synspective.

Space News: Rocket Lab launches Synspective radar imaging satellite.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches a commercial radar-imaging satellite in dramatic night liftoff (video).
Spaceflight Now: Rocket Lab launches fourth satellite for Japanese Earth-imaging company, Synspective.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Owl Night Long' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches StriX-3.

13.03.2024 – Lancering Kairos, de eerste Japanse private raket.
Zie ook de vorige NUDR
NHK World: Japan private firm reschedules rocket launch for Wednesday.

Space News: First Kairos rocket explodes seconds after liftoff.
CNA: Japan private rocket explodes just after launch.

Spacepage: Japanse Kairos raket explodeert tijdens eerste lancering.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: KAIROS launch anomaly.

13.03.2024 – Upper Stage v/d Chinese LM2C mislukt in het sturen van 2 sondes naar de Maan.
Space News: Surprise Chinese lunar mission hit by launch anomaly.
Univverse Mag: Secret failure: China fails to launch mission to the Moon.

16.03.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 6-44 (KSC).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 6,000th Starlink satellite on Friday night flight.
UPI: SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX (via Twitter): Eerste poging.
SciNews: Falcon 9 aborted launch, 14 March 2024.
SpaceX (via Twitter): Tweede poging.
SciNews: Falcon 9 aborted launch, 14 March 2024 (tweede poging).
SpaceX (via Twitter):Lancering – Live verslag.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 146 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 16 March 2024.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

28.03.2024 – De laatste Delta IV Heavy.
Teslarati: United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy readies for final flight.
ULA: NROL-70: Final Delta IV Heavy prepared for launch.

05.2024 – Falcon 9 moet Europese Earthcare lanceren.
ESA: EarthCare on its way to launch site.
ESA: EarthCare arrives at Vandenberg launch site.
ESA: Babysitting and planning.
ESA’s EarthCare website vind je hier.

Filmpjes:
ESA: EarthCARE bids adieu to Europe.
ESA: Joining forces on the complexities of clouds and aerosols.

05.2024 – Chang'e-6 moet bodemmonster ophalen op de achterkant v/d Maan.
ECNS: Carrier rocket for China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe arrives at launch site.
ECNS: Carrier rocket for China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe arrives at launch site (met video).

Filmpje:
CCTV+: Long March-5 Y8 Carrier Rocket Arrives in Wenchang.

Raketnieuws.

Deze zomer, de eerste Ariane VI.
Unverse Today: Ariane 6 is Coming Together.
ESA: Flying first on Ariane 6.
Spacepage: Welke satellieten gaat de eerste Ariane 6 raket in de ruimte brengen?

New Glenn.
Aviation Week: Blue Origin New Glenn Tanking Test Sets Stage For Launch This Year.

Rocket Cargo Vanguard.
Breaking Defense: Rocket Cargo is go! Air Force’s experimental resupply program moves closer to the launch pad.

Ruimtestations.

Crew 7 terug op de Aarde.
NASA CCP Blog: Dragon Hatch Closed; Crew Readies for Undocking From Station
NASA CCP Blog: Dragon Undocks From Station, Crew Headed Back to Earth
NASA CCP Blog: Carrying Crew-7, SpaceX’s Dragon Prepares for Deorbit Burn
NASA CCP Blog: Dragon Completes Deorbit Burn; Crew-7 Readies for Splashdown
NASA CCP Blog: NASA Welcomes Crew-7’s Return to Earth After Safely Splashing Down

SpaceCom: SpaceX Crew-7 astronauts undock from the ISS for March 12 return to Earth.
TASS: Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying Roscosmos’ Borisov undocks from ISS — NASA.
Spaceflight Now: Crew-7 returns home following six-month stay at the International Space Station.
SpaceCom: SpaceX's Crew-7 capsule returns 4 astronauts to Earth with predawn splashdown (video).
NASA: Splashdown! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Finishes Mission, Returns to Earth.
Space News: Crew-7 returns to Earth.

ESA: Huginn has landed.
ESA: The return of Andreas Mogensen | Huginn Mission.

Filmpjes:
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Space Station Hatch Closure March 11, 2024.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Space Station Departure.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Return (Mar. 12, 2024).
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Re-entry and Splashdown (live).

SciNews: SpaceX Crew-7 hatch closure.
SciNews: SpaceX Crew-7 undocking and departure.
SciNews: SpaceX Crew-7 splashdown.
SciNews: SpaceX Crew-7 recovery operations and astronauts egress.

NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-8 Flight Day 1 Highlights.
NASA: NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 Flight Day 2 Highlights.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 3 Highlights.
NASA: NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Flight Day 4 Highlights.

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports.
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Hatch Closing Soon With Crew Aboard Live on NASA TV
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Hatch Closed; Crew Readies for Undocking From Station
NASA ISS Blog: Dragon Undocks From Station, Crew Headed Back to Earth
NASA ISS Blog: Human Health Studies Occupy Schedule on Wednesday
NASA ISS Blog: Station Reboost, Health Investigations, and Spacesuit Work Top Schedule on Thursday
NASA ISS Blog: Crew Ends Week Closing Out Health Investigations and Completing Training

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 06/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 07/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 08/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 11/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 12/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 13/03/2024.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 14/03/2024.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
TASS: ISS orbit raised by 2.8 km before Soyuz spacecraft changeover — Roscosmos.

Universe Mag: Space debris hunter photographs the ISS.

TASS: Cosmonaut reveals how Russian crew at ISS votes in presidential election.

Universe Mag: Healthy sleep in space: do they sleep good on the ISS?
PhysOrg: Do astronauts experience 'space headaches'?
Science Daily: Do astronauts experience 'space headaches'?

NASA: Celebrating Pi Day on the International Space Station.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Crew-7, Departing: March 15, 2024.
NASA: Expedition 70 Space Station Crew Talks with NPR’s Short Wave Podcast - March 4, 2024.
NASA: Expedition 70NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Farewell Remarks, Station Change of Command March 10, 2024.

Commerciële ruimtestations.

Een filmpje:
Sierra Space: World's First Commercial Space Station Design and Testing Questions Answered | LIFE Habitat Tech.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.

Filmpjes:*
CGTN: China's space station successfully completes exposure tests.
CCTV+: Chinese Space Station Retrieves over 400 Material Samples After Space Exposure.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

SLS Nieuws.
NASA: Evolved Adapter for Future NASA SLS Flights Readied for Testing.
Payload: Payload Research: Detailing Artemis Vehicle R&D Costs.

NASA: NASA Expanding Lunar Exploration with Upgraded SLS Mega Rocket Design.
SpaceCom: NASA beefing up SLS moon rocket for its Artemis program.

Artemis 1.
SpaceCom: After a successful moon voyage, NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft helps prepare for the next (video)

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
ESA: From Munich to the Moon.

De Maan en helium 3.
Ars Technica: Mining helium-3 on the Moon has been talked about forever—now a company will try.
Space Impulse: Interlune Raises $15 Million in Recent Funding Round.
Aviation Week: Former Blue Origin President Leads Helium-3 Moon Mining Mission.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

CLPS Nieuws.
Inside Outer Space: Shooting for the Moon, Commercial Style – Mixed Results and Future Destinations.
NASA Watch: Personal Things On Board Odysseus – Resting On The Moon.
Gizmodo: NASA Tests Lunar Lighthouse With the Help of Private Odie Lander.
Aviation Week: Startup Overcomes Problems To Land U.S. Back On The Moon.

EuroNext: How private companies aiming for the Moon are ushering in a new age of space exploration.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Venus:
Gizmodo: 'The Nightmare Is Over': NASA Resurrects VERITAS Mission to Venus.

Aarde:
Space News: Earth observation camera maker raises $15 million for European expansion.
ESA (filmpje): Taking Earth’s temperature from space.
Eumetsat: Satellites detect effect of shipping pollution on clouds.
ESA: Arctic Weather Satellite tested for life in orbit.
ESA: Taking Earth’s temperature from space (filmpje).
PhysOrg: Satellite data unlocks drought impact on southwest China's carbon cycle.

Maan:
NASA: NASA Delivers Science Instrument to JAXA’s Martian Moons Mission.
BIRA: DUSTER : a study of Moon dust in preparation for future exploration missions.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4120-4122: Mars Throws Us a Curveball!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4123-4124: Third Time's the Charm!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4125-4126: Woohoo! We're 'Go' for Drilling At 'Mineral King 3!'
Science Org: NASA’s Mars rover probes ancient shorelines for signs of life.
Space News: Mars Sample Return science continues amid budget uncertainty (MSR).
SpaceCom: This Week In Space podcast: Episode 102 — A New Volcano on Mars!

Jupiter:
NASA: NASA’s Europa Clipper Solar Arrays Successfully Deploy at Kennedy Space Center.
Universe Today: This is Europa Clipper’s Version of the Golden Record.

Didymos & Dimorphos:
ESA: Hera’s CubeSat deployment process (filmpje).
ESA: Shoebox-sized Milani CubeSat joining Hera asteroid mission.

Kuiper Gordel:
Universe Mag: Kuiper Belt may contain extremely ancient ice.

Voyager:
NASA: NASA Engineers Make Progress Toward Understanding Voyager 1 Issue.
SpaceCom: NASA finds clue while solving Voyager 1's communication breakdown case.
Universe Today: NASA is Fixing its Link to Voyager 1.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

USA – Budgetten voor FY 2025 / NASA / FAA / Space Force.
Gizmodo: NASA's 2024 Budget Falls $2.3 Billion Below Requested Amount.
SpaceCom: NASA gets $25.4 billion in White House's 2025 budget request.
SpaceCom: NASA’s FY2025 budget request stuck at FY2023 level.

Space News: Space Force budget holding steady amid Pentagon’s fiscal constraints.
Space News: NASA says spending caps force “hard choices” for its 2025 budget.
Space News: Space Force budget holding steady amid Pentagon’s fiscal constraints.
Space News: FAA requests large funding increase for commercial space office.

Space Impulse: Implications of FY2024 Funding Bill for NASA, NOAA, and FAA.

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